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David and Victoria Beckham toasted a bumper payday last year, after banking millions in dividends from their business empire.

Accounts filed over the weekend show that the couple, along with former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller, sucked £29.9m out of Beckham Brand Holdings, which looks after Victoria's fashion sales and David's image rights.

It comprises an £18.8m dividend paid out in 2017 and another £11.1m pocketed after the year end.

But the firm owned by the ex-England captain and his fashion designer and former Spice Girl wife saw a drop in pre-tax profits from £19.9m to £15.7m. Turnover, however, was up from £47.5m to £55.7m.

Losses at Victoria's luxury fashion label increased by £2m as it continued to ramp up investmentCredit:
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